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Friday, November 28, 2008

11/28 edition of the United Pro Choice Smokers Rights Newsletter

This is the first time ever I tried posting a copy of the smokers rights newsletta from the Smokers Club Inc. as a blog post.

The United Pro ChoiceSmokers Rights Newsletter

November 28, 2008 - Issue #505

"In any war, the first casualty is common sense,and the second is free and open discussion"- James Reston

The Competitive Enterprise Institute: The tobacco "Master Settlement Agreement" was signed by 46 state attorneys general and major tobacco companies. This video is a dramatization of how the deal was hatched. Watch the video.

TEN YEARS LATER, TOBACCO DEAL GOING UP IN SMOKE. "It just seems weird the idea that the tobacco (settlement) is going to go on forever," Baden said. "In the long run my suspicion is something will take out the settlement. The thing won't last forever."

WHO FCTC: Tobacco treaty signers close to adopting measure. By Vinnee Tong. Kathy Mulvey, policy director at Corporate Accountability International, said that earlier opposition from China and Japan -- which both have a stake in tobacco companies -- had dissolved.

KING BLOOMBERG: MIKE IS A MAYOR RUN AMOK. By Fred Siegel. Bloomberg says he's beyond politics. He's right. We're living in his monarchy, subjects to his unwavering faith in himself.